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(No Model.)

B. L. BRAINARD.

BELL.

No. 2.99.724. Patented June 3, 1884.

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ELLISON L. BRAINARD, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THEBARTON BELL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BELL.

'- EPECIIIC'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No.299,'724, dated June3, 188%.

Application filed December 27, 1883. (No model.)

sheep, car, and cow bells that are of a cheap character; but the samemay be availed of in the manufacture of sleigh and other bells. The loopat the crown of the bell has usually been cast in one piece with theother portions of the bell; but the same is liable to imperfections, asthe bell-metal chills and does not run freely into the loop portion, andit is difficult to mold the loop in the sand. In some instances wireloops have been employed; but they are liable to become loose andseparate from the bell. My invention is made for overcoming thesedifficulties, lessening th e expense of production, and rendering thebell more perfect.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a section of a car-bell complete. Fig. 2shows the loop separately, and Fig. 3 is an elevation of a sheep or carbell.

The bell A is of any desired size or shape. The car-bells are usuallycircular, and the sheep and cow bells pyramidal. The loop B is madeseparate from the bell. It is usually of malleable cast-iron, and thesurface is, by preference, tinned. The loop portion 2 is adapted toreceive the'strap', and for sheepbells especially there are to be one ormore teeth, 3, on the inner surfaces of the loop'portion 2, so that theloop may be flattened by a blow from a hammer after the strap hasbeenpassed through the loop, so that the teeth penetrate the strap and holdthe same firmly. There is a flange, 4, that comes at the top surface ofthe bell, and a body, 5, around whichthe bell-metal is cast, and thisbody is mortised, grooved,.or recessed at 6, so that the bell-metal runsthereinto to insure a firm connection. The horns 7 extend down. into thebell, and'they are open, so that the eye of the clapper can be passed inbetween them, after which the horns are closed, and the eye hangs oneither one of the horns, as the place where they come together iswidest, to prevent the in the sand, the sand surrounding and holding theupper part of the loop-piece. The.

outer flask is lifted off, and with it the loop is drawn out from theslot in the pattern. The horns draw up out of the sand core withoutinjury to the same, because it is Within the pattern. The pattern isthen lifted off the core upon the lower flask, and when the flasks areput together the horns 7 pass down again into the opening previouslymade by them in the sand, and when the bell is cast it is perfect andfinished, the sand not being injured by the withdrawal or reinsertion ofthe horns 7, and the bell-metal running around and into the mortised orgrooved body 5 insures a perfect connection between the loop and thebell, besides which there is a union between the tinned surface of theloop and the cast bellmetal. It is preferable to employ the'mortise oropening through the body 5, so that the bell-metal will run through thesame and hold the loop-piece in the most firm manner.

The bell maybe turned, polished, or finished after it is removed fromthe sand; but usually it will simply be cleaned from the sand, and isready for the reception of the clapper as aforesaid.

One horn, a loop, an eye, or an open eye may be used in place of the twohorns for the clapper, the loop-piece being otherwise unchanged.

I claim as my invention 1. A malleable-metal loop-piece for a bell,having a mortise for the strap, a body portion for the metal of the bellto be cast around, and an open horn or projection for the reception ofthe clapper, substantially as set forth.

2. Themalleable-metal loop -piece for a bell, having a mortise for thereception of the strap, points for penetrating and holding such strap, abody portion around which the metal of the bell is to be cast, and hornsor projections for the reception of the clapper, substantially as setforth.

3. Ina bell having a clapper suspended from a malleable loop or hookwithin thebell, the two horns with wide ends adapted to be closedtogether after receiving the eye of the clapper, whereby the clapperwill be made to hang upon either horn, instead of between them,substantially as set forth.

4. In combination with the bell and clapper, a loop-piece having aflange that comes at the top surface of the bell, a mortise for thestrap, a suspending device for the clapper, and a body portion aroundwhich the bell-metal flows in casting, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the bell and clap- E. L. BRAINARD. Witnesses:

(J. D. BARTON, N. NEwToN HILL.

